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If we genuinely wish to gain experience of the stages of the
path we should try to meditate every day.
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
The
New Meditation Handbook
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New General Programme
Term of Meditation Classes
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Starts
4th June - 15th July
Transform
Your Life
Simple
Buddhist meditations
for mental and physical
well being, inner peace
and wisdom
(A Six Week Course)
Inner Peace
What is the mind?
Reincarnation
Death
Karma
The Benefits of Meditation
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Introductory
Websites
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An introduction to Buddha
Shakyamuni, the founder of the Buddhist religion
Dharma means
“protection”, and refers to the teachings of Buddha.
An introduction
to Buddha's Tantric teachings.
Other Local Centres
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Directors Corner
The
next phase of our refurbishment is starting this month with the
double glazing getting fitted, the fixing of our garage roof and
decorating and improving the upstairs of the
Centre building.
If
anyone has the time and skills and would like to help our
physically please don’t hesitate to contact me. Volunteers are
urgently needed as we would lke to complete these jobs by the
end
of the summer..
Alternatively if you are cash rich and time poor below are
details on how you may like to help out. Please do be as generous
as you can and help us fulfil our vision of an improved Centre for
residents and visitors.
Cash Rich – Time Poor
- make a 1-off donation. For every
£1000 donated you will receive a centre card valid . for 1
year
Cash poor – Time Rich
Kitchen
Are you a
kitchen fitter? Would you be able to share your expertise with
us?
We will also
need to buy the following equipment:
2 Cookers (£300
each)
2 Fridges (£300
each)
4 dining room
tables
(£125 each)
12 dining chairs (£30
each)
3 Framed pictures (£20
each)
– or maybe you would like
to paint some for us
Kitchen Units
(1500)
Floor covering
(£500)
Gas Boiler
(7000)
You
may feel able to buy one of these items, or you may prefer to
contribute towards the cost of a particular item. You specify where
you would like your money spent.
Are you able
to get trade or staff discount on any of these items? This would be
a great help in ‘stretching’ our money.
Bedrooms
2
Writing Tables (£40 each)
2
Wardrobes (£60each)
?
Carpets (£300 each)
Partition for two back
bedrooms (£500)
Is there any
way you can help us to make our residents feel cherished? All types
of contributions are necessary and important.
Other
14
Double- glazed windows (£285 each)
1
Bathroom Suite (£500)
Repairs to garage roof (£500)
Pointing to external brickwork (£100)
So there you
have it. This is our first wish list. I do hope you will wish to be
part of this wonderful venture and help us to develop a ‘new &
improved’ Atisha Centre.
until next month;
with love and blessings
Mike Whitaker
Administrative Director
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Dear
Friend of Atisha Centre ,
Welcome to the latest
edition of the Atisha Centre
eDharma Newsletter.
We send one every month.
Give us your thoughts and ideas for future newsletters, and if you
like this edition please forward it to a friend by using the link
at the bottom of this Email.
Each month
we'll update you on the forthcoming news, events, courses etc.
being organised by Atisha Centre and the New Kadampa
Tradition.
We hope to see
you soon,
Your Friends at Atisha
Centre
Refuge Retreat
Monday 4th - Sunday 10th June
Please
refer to June calendar when available for session
times
Going
for Refuge is called the gateway to Buddhadharma. By going for
refuge we become a pure Buddhist, we start to follow the Buddhist
path to Enlightenment and we will receive the powerful blessings
from all the Buddha's.
All sessions are free of charge - however,
donations are
very welcome, come to any or as
many sessions as you like.
Stockton
Newtown Community
Resource Centre
Durham Road
Stockton-on-Tees
TS19 0DE
Please contact Sarah
Kumar on 01642 614126 to reserve a place
Wednesday 13th June 2007
7.30 -
9.30pm
This relaxing and informal one off class is
ideal for beginners.
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By relying on a Spiritual Guide, particularly by
incorporating the Guru Yoga practice called Heart Jewel into our
daily meditations, we can make swift progress. This practice
contains methods for overcoming obstacles to our spiritual progress
and for creating conditions that quickly nurture and increase our
virtue. In this day course, Kelsang Chödor will give a commentary
to the essential practice of the New Kadampa Tradition and also
give advice on how to rely upon a Spiritual Guide out of
meditation.
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Summer Fun Day &
BBQ
Saturday 23rd June
2007
3.00
pm onwards
Stocks
Summer Fair Football Game
French Cricket in the Garden
BBQ served from 4pm onwards
Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
Fundraising Raffle
£5 per adult - kids go
free
All
Welcome
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NKT Summer Festival
20th July - 4th August
Festival
Programme
Transmission
and Teachings on Mahamudra Tantra
Part Two:
How to Train in Mahamudra
Part Three: What is
Emptiness?
The
Summer Festival is a special spiritual holiday when we receive
extensive teachings from
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
During this, our sixteenth Summer Festival, Geshe Kelsang
will continue his transmission and explanation of the practice of
Mahamudra, which he began last year, based on his book Mahamudra
Tantra.
These
teachings are open to everyone; it is not necessary to have
received teachings on Part One.
Mahamudra Tantra is a mind that simultaneously experiences great
bliss and realizes emptiness, or ultimate truth,
directly.
In the
first week, Geshe Kelsang will explain how we can experience great
bliss through the six stages of training in Mahamudra. These
teachings will be followed by a guided meditation
retreat.
In the
second part of the Festival, he will explain how to realize
ultimate truth, emptiness. This will also be followed by a guided
meditation retreat on emptiness.
Saturday
28 July is a free day giving an opportunity to explore the local
Lake District countryside, or simply relax. Coach trips are
arranged for overseas visitors, which include a short walk, a
picnic lunch and a boat trip
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Atisha Buddhist
Centre Meditation Venues
Due to a
widening circle of interest in meditation throughout the North
East, we are offering Buddhist teachings in the following
locations.
Find a
General Programme meditation class in a town near
you:
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